We purposely left ours in there a few hours our toddler loved dunking the paper in the water.
Marbling paper with vegetable oil.
But it was a long fun day.
Learn how to make marble paper.
It s one of the easiest ways to marble paper with kids and uses materials you likely already have.
Water vegetable oil food coloring tray 3 containers directions.
If you used different oils did you notice a difference.
We did this years ago when maia was 3 and it was past time to give it another go.
Put about 1 2 tablespoon of cooking oil into a small bowl.
Blend a tablespoon of vegetable oil.
All you need is some vegetable oil some liquid food coloring a shallow tray or dish and some decently heavy paper.
It s messy but worth it.
The first time we worked on this we did it outside.
We also used some little condiment cups with lids to mix our oil and food coloring but you could use any container with a lid.
Having the best oil paints can make creating these easier.
We used mead s academie wirebound sketch diary paper.
Paper you will want to use something a little thicker than regular paper.
We d seen several methods but we had almost all the supplies to marble with oil paints so we decided to try that out first.
Lift the paper to reveal your marbled paper.
Also see if you can find the hidden mickey.
We used baby oil in addition to vegetable oil and discovered that no matter what oil it still repels against water.